Q: What are the prime factors of the number 135,467,688?

 A: 2, 3, 5644487

Why are those the prime factors of the number 135,467,688?

Prime factors are the prime numbers that can be multipled together to equal the original number. You find the factors by dividing by prime numbers. It is best shown by creating a Factor Tree.

Factor Tree for the number 135,467,688

135,467,688
Factor Arrows
267,733,844
Factor Arrows
233,866,922
Factor Arrows
216,933,461
Factor Arrows
35,644,487

The numbers in bold above are the prime factors. If there are multiples, you only count them one time. This leads us to our prime factors of:

2, 3, 5644487

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5,644,487 = 135,467,688

This can also be written as 23 x 31 x 5,644,4871 = 135,467,688

If you would like to know more, or need additional explanation, please review our prime factorization explanation.


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